Adaptation Since they live in different climates and areas different types of wombats have different fur and adaptions. Bare-nosed wombats live in Southeastern Queensland, East New South Wales, areas of Victoria, and the Southeastern tip of South Australia. These areas are colder with more rain and their habitats include woodland, shrubs, mountainous regions, and coastal areas. They also have little to no underfur that is longer than the Hairy Nosed wombat’s fur. On the other hand, Southern Hairy Nosed wombats live in drier climates with 8-20 inches of rainfall.
“He lay very awkwardly with his head thrown far back making his vermillion neck appear unusually long and slim. His little legs bent sharply at the knees, he had never before seemed so fragile, so thin.” (Huges, 354). The Scarlet Ibis and Doodle both mention having their heads thrown back, and
Well, most of this secret lays in their feet. They have long toes with fringes of skin in between them that unfurl in water, this creates a air bubble that prevents them from sinking. However, they have to pull their feet up before the air bubble sinks and gravity pulls them down. Strong bones was usually a good thing, but these lizards have evolved hollow bones that prevent them from sinking. Some of the secret also lies within their tail, while running they hold their tail in the air to counterbalance their upright posture and to reduce drag.
As well as protect its self at a larger number of positions around the
In the prologue, King Florestan and his Queen are at last celebrating the christening of their long awaited newborn daughter Aurora. Meanwhile, Catalabutte the king’s loyal minister is checking the invitation list to check that no one was forgotten. The lilac fairy, along with other good fairies have been invited to the party, and upon their arrival, they each bestow among princess aurora different human attributes. Suddenly, there is a loud crash, and carabosse and evil witch arrives at the party. Catalabutte then realizes that he did not invite carabosse and got his hair torn out as a result.
The komodo dragon(Varanus komodoensis) also known as the komodo monitor is a large species of lizard found in the indonesian islands of komodo,rinca,flores,gili motang and padar. A member of the monitor lizard family Varanidae, it is the biggest living species of lizard, growing to a maximum length of three meters (10 feet) in rare cases and weighing up to 70 kilograms (150 pounds). The unusually large size has been attributed to island gigantism, since no other carnivorous animals fit the niche on the islands where they live. however, recent research suggests that the huge size of komodo dragons may be better understood as representative of a relict population of very large varanid lizards that once lived across indonesia and australia most of which with other megafauna died out after pleistocene.
People always stared. I feel like I’ve grown an extra leg since we started going out, Miah said once” (Woodson 153). The extra leg is used as a metaphor because people often stare at them when
Zora Neale Hurston, the author of How It Feels to Be Colored and Me explains through her essay how she created her identity by refusing to victimize herself in societies hands regarding race. She does this effortlessly with the use of diction, syntax, parallelism, and metaphors. Hurston expresses culture and racial pride while overlooks the differences between ‘whites’ and ‘colored’ and introduces her unique individual identity as a colored woman. The essay starts off by Hurston contrasting her childhood to her adult life.
Don’t fight, work things out. “Concha” Mary Helen Ponce and “The Southpaw” is by Judith Viorst. “Concha” was about Concha getting bit by a fire ant and had conflict at the end of the story. “The Southpaw” was about two friends fighting about Janet not being on the Richard (the baseball captain) baseball team. The realistic fiction short stories “The Southpaw” by Judith Viorst and “Concha” by Mary Helen Ponce have many similarities and differences between them.
Begin by comparing the Pandoran biosphere with that of Earth’s. Pandora is a fictional terrestrial planet with many qualities similar to Earth’s biosphere. Both planets have a variety of species living in coexistence, using the natural resources to thrive in their habitat. By comparing the animals and vegetation of both planets, both have anatomical similarities, but on Pandora the species have slight adaptations to live in their environment. Animals on Pandora have a form of gills giving the ability to breathe in the planet’s air source, and they have different bone structures than animals on Earth while still bearing a close resemblance to many of our animals.
The direct and indirect characterization of Doodle shows the cruelty and how much the mentally handicapped were neglected in the time of the text in the story “The Scarlet Ibis”. The narrator directly characterized Doodle when he said, “He talked so much that we all quit listening to what he said. ” This is showing they don’t care for Doodle. They don’t realize he needs extra help and treats him like a annoying burden. Once they realized Doodle would always be like this they just ignore him, even if he wasn’t speaking.
The Art of Taxidermy Taxidermy is the art of stretching an animal skin over a canvas to create lifelike recreations of the animal. The process was started in the many centuries ago, as long as people have been hunting, with many people considering mummification of pets the start of taxidermy. (“How Taxidermy... “ 1-2) There have been archeological findings that show animal hides being draped over rocks and blocks of wood. Their use is currently unknown but there are theories of using them as target practice or as a type of effigy ("Advancements in…” 1). In the 1500’s, a more conventional idea of taxidermy was created.
4) The bat undergoes a swaging process, wherein two dies hammer the outside of the bat to the proper dimensions. This particular company attempts to nullify some of the negative effects of this process (greater wall thickness in the barrel, and lower Inner diameter) by inserting a mandrel during the swaging. This keeps the inner diameter
Although Quasimodo is a character that embodies integrity and kindness, the Disney movie portrays an extreme contrast between his personality and appearance. Disney created his entire character around the idea of disfigurement. According to “insert reference here” the name Quasimodo means “half formed”, not only is his deformities known physically, his name gives a social aspect whereby he is known as “half formed”. Quasimodo’s disability is known as ‘kyphosis’, this is a state where the upper back has severe curvature. Quasimodo however would specifically suffer from congenital kyphosis as his spine would of malformed while he was still in the womb of his mother.
Ectomorphs are known to have certain qualities that many people would attribute to their body shape. Some of those qualities may include that ectomorphs tend to be private, meaning that they like to keep to themselves. It is also believed that ectomorphs go through mood swings. Due to nervous system problems, it is said to make ectomorphs more prone to emotional disorders. Ectomorphs tend to be weak due to their inability to gain weight and muscle.
